As I am writing this, my uncle is on a flight from San Diego to Bahrain, a place he only got sent to in lieu of going to Afghanistan because he re-enlisted for another two years in the Navy. Being an EOD guy, I shudder to think of what could happen to him if he had to go back for a SECOND tour of Kandahar. I would therefore like to first take this time to thank all of our military personnel in the U.S. Armed Services. You guys are immensely courageous and everyone in the entire industrialized world (as well as most of the developing world) should be eternally grateful for your service.
However, I would also like to say that we should never in our wildest dreams put these brave people in harm's way unless it is absolutely necessary, and we should try to be as farsighted as possible when making foreign policy decisions. In my opinion, the current wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are unnecessary. Did you know that there are a mere 100 al-Qaeda operatives in Afghanistan? If we were to fight in every country with that many al-Qaeda operatives, we would be invading Canada. This war is absolutely unnecessary to the United States' national security and is making our soldiers cannon fodder without reason.
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